Write an essay that focuses on each outlined topic and relate it to the book, "The Responsible Company" by using the given quotes below which help fund your argument. Be sure to include the page number for the quotes. When writing each paragraph, always remember to connect your reading to your knowledge of the subjects. Don't be afraid to do some research on each topic.

0. Introduction Paragraph

1. The Benefits of Ethical Behavior and Decision-Making in a Company:

Use this quote in your paragraph: "Profit will come not from taking advantage of one another, but from efficiencies gained by understanding each other's problems and meeting each other's needs." -Yvon Chouinard (pp.26)

2. The Importance of Ethics That Govern a Company's Conduct with its Customers:

Use this quote in your paragraph: "A business has a responsibility to inform the customer of the environment and social choices embodied in a product or service, from the time of purchase forward." -Yvon Chouinard (pp.55)

3. The Importance of Taking Responsibility for the Environment in a Business:

Use this quote in your paragraph: In light of our environmental crisis and economic sea change, the elements of business responsibility for our time, when everyone in business- at every level- has to deal with the unintended consequences of a 200-year-old industrial model that can no longer be sustained ecologically, socially, or financially. -Yvon Chouinard (pp.6)

4. The Importance of Business Value-added in a Publicly Owned Businesses Through Means of Performance, Profit, etc:

Use this quote in your paragraph: Public companies that work hard and effectively to improve their social and environmental performance will need to be protected by new laws that forbid attack by minority stockholders, who in most jurisdictions have the right to sue a company for investing in social and environmental performance at the short-term expense of stock value. -Yvon Chouinard (pp.25)

5. Conclusion Paragraph